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Last week, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett brushed away a question about Latinos working in his administration during a round-table discussion at The Union League in Philadelphia, telling the moderator, “If you can find us one let me know.”

At the same event, Corbett said:

I represent every one of you. I’ve been elected by the people of Pennsylvania to make it better than I found it. We need to be able to develop a stronger relationship with all communities…. we’re in the process now of getting much more connected with everybody, that we did not have before.

When you told Al Día that you didn’t have any Latinos on your staff, you added, “If you can find us one, please let me know.”

There are more than than 750,000 Latinos in PA. That’s more than 6% of the population. Here are some ideas on how you can find some of your Latino neighbors:

Buy a map of Pennsylvania. Our Latino neighbors live in every community.

Have a meal someplace outside of the Governor’s Mansion

Google “Latino organizations in PA.” There are dozens. Then visit a few of them.

Talk to someone in your neighborhood. About one in eight of your neighbors in Harrisburg is Hispanic.

If you need more ideas, please contact me.

Last year, Corbett proclaimed September 15 to October 15 as “Hispanic Heritage month,” noting, “I commend the many social and economic contributions of Latino-Hispanics in our state and celebrate the rich and diverse culture of Pennsylvania’s fasting growing minority group.”

Corbett said and noted that Pennsylvania’s 800,000 Latino residents represent approximately 6.8% of the overall population. A 2008 survey found that the Harrisburg-Carlisle metropolitan region “is home to more than 18,000 people of Hispanic or Latino origin,” one third of whom live in the city of Harrisburg. The city is also home to the Latino Hispanic American Community Center.

The GACLA makes recommendations to the Governor on policies, procedures and legislation that would affect the Latino community in Pennsylvania and serves as the Governor’s liaison to Latinos in order to ensure that state government is accessible and accountable to the Latino community.

Does Romney Want to Hide the Fact That He Pays a Lower Rate Than Hardworking Middle Class Pennsylvanians?

Keystone Progress, a multi-issue advocacy organization, confronted Mitt Romney today, calling on him to immediately release his tax returns, something he has never done during his two decades of running for or holding elective office.

A recent Time Magazine report indicated that Romney, who is worth as much as $250 million, may pay a tax rate as low as 14 percent – a rate lower than many hardworking middle class Granite State families. Without seeing his tax returns, it’s impossible to know how Romney is making his millions and what his exact tax rate is.

More after the jump.“What is Romney hiding?,'” asked Keystone Progress Executive Director Michael Morrill. “I think he is trying to hide the fact that he pays a lower tax rate than many middle class Americans. If that’s true, then we have a right to know, especially when he’s suggesting tax policies that will cut taxes for the wealthy even more, while making working families pay more.”

Romney’s estimated tax rate of just 14 percent is less than half the rate (29.9%) a typical middle class American making $60,000 a year would pay. Romney and many other millionaires are able to pay a lower tax rate because they earn their money largely from investments, which loopholes allow to be taxed at a lower rate than the wages that makeup most or all of the income of most middle class Americans.

“It’s outrageous that millionaires like Mitt Romney take advantage of loopholes that allow them to pay less than bus drivers, factory workers or police officers,” Morrill added. “It’s time to come clean and let the American people understand what is really driving his policy decisions.”